Method and apparatus for building a puncture sealant preassembled component
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorRobert Albert Lammlein, Jr.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for making a preassembly of built in sealant useful in tire manufacturing. The method of making the preassembled sealant includes extruding a center strip and at least two axially outer strips of a sealant onto a first conveyor belt; wherein the center strip and the axially outer strips are in a side by side adjacent relationship. Conveying the center strip onto a second conveyor while the axially outer strips are conveyed on the first conveyor belt towards the end of the belt, wherein the center strip has two outer edges, wherein a divider strip is applied to each other edge in a continuous manner, wherein the center strip is then conveyed onto the axially outer strips and then stitched together forming a preassembled component.
Claims6
A method of making a preassembled sealant comprising the steps of:
- Extruding a center strip and at least two axially outer strips of a sealant onto a first conveyor belt;
- wherein the center strip and the axially outer strips are in a side by side adjacent relationship, wherein the center strip is conveyed up onto a second conveyor while the axially outer strips are conveyed on the first conveyor belt towards the end of the belt,
- wherein the center strip has two outer edges, wherein a divider strip is applied to each edge in a continuous manner, wherein the center strip is then conveyed onto the axially outer strips and then stitched together forming a preassembled component.
A method of making a preassembled sealant comprising the steps of:
- Extruding a first and second strip of a sealant onto a first conveyor belt;
- wherein the strips are in a side by side adjacent relationship, wherein the first strip is conveyed up onto a second conveyor while the other strip is conveyed on the first conveyor belt towards the end of the belt,
- wherein a divider strip is applied to an inner edge of the first strip in a continuous manner, wherein the first strip is then conveyed onto the first conveyor belt and joined with the second strip such that the divider strip is located between the first and second strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.